Global House Fire

November 6th 2008: GLOBAL HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE
The giant Home Improvement and building materials warehouse of Global House, Chiang Mai was completely destroyed by fire this morning. The blaze started about 9.00, reportedly as a result of welding during maintenance work being done on the roof and quickly spread throughout the store which was fairly empty as normal at that time of the day. Much of the material inside is highly flammable and many explosions could be heard as the fire took hold, sending a dense black column of smoke which could be seen from all over the city. Two fire fighters were injured, one seriously, when part of the burning building collapsed on their fire appliance but there were no reports of casualties amongst store staff or the public.